justrelax
Aquarium Advice FINatic
i just put in an xp2 and am going to be pulling my ugf. i have already pulled the power heads, so right now i have an emperor 400 and the xp2 running, with the ugf just sitting there. i know, massive, unecessary filtration... it was the trials of a newb anyway, i figure as long as i'm pulling up the ugf i may as well switch over to a sand substrate since i've decided i like the look better than the small gravel i have now. i've read the aa guide to switching substrate, no problems there. my question is, what to do with the fish while all this is going on? i imagine i'm going to kick up a whole mess of crud in the process, so should i take them out for a mini vacation in a bucket? i'm wondering if i could just put a tank divider in to keep the fish all on one side while i work? i'm going to switch half of the substrate tonight and half in a couple weeks, per the aa guidelines. i'm going to put a temporary divider between the two substrates to keep it all from mixing together. tia.